ochreish

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English

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Etymology

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From ochre +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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ochreish (comparative more ochreish, superlative most ochreish)

  1. Having an ochre-like color
    • 1920, May Sinclair, The Romantic[1]:
      The back and side of the hospital, the long barracks of the annex and the wall at the bottom enclosed a waste place of ochreish clay.
    • 1911, Mary Johnston, The Long Roll[2]:
      Through the enormous dust cloud that the army raised the trees of the valley appeared as brown smudges against an ochreish sky.
    • 1880, Percy Greg, Across the Zodiac[3]:
      One field was bare, its surface of an ochreish colour deeper than that of clay, broken and smoothed as perfectly as the surface of the most carefully tended flower-bed.

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